Senior Financial Analyst, Advertising Finance

Job title:

Senior Financial Analyst, Advertising Finance

Company

Amazon

Job description

DESCRIPTIONAmazon Advertising operates at the intersection of advertising and eCommerce and offers a rich array of innovative advertising solutions across Amazon’s mobile and desktop websites, proprietary devices and DSP solutions.We are breaking fresh ground and pioneering a crucial platform for future Amazon growth. We are entrepreneurial and have a bias for action with a broad mandate to experiment and innovate.The Advertising Sales organization is comprised of business leaders, sellers, and creative and operational teams. The successful candidate will help drive revenue-generating projects, conduct opportunity assessments, and shape overall sales strategy.The successful candidate will be an experienced and highly motivated individual who will partner with the Head of Advertising Sales as well as other senior leaders across the organization.The role requires an individual with exceptional analytical abilities, outstanding communication skills and business acumen, and an ability to partner with others to build solutions. The successful candidate will be a self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity, have strong attention to detail, and an ability to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.Key job responsibilities
The Senior Finance Analyst’s overall responsibility is the controllership, analysis, planning, forecasting, and reporting for the Advertising business.Key job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support Advertising Sales teams and the wider business, proactively developing forward-looking projects to scale the business
• Act as trusted partner to the Advertising Sales teams in making optimal business decisions and highlighting critical blockers, risks, and opportunities that impact ability to meet quarterly/annual goals.
• Drive performance improvements across the Advertising Sales organization and build the foundation for it to scale. This will include evaluating revenue optimization opportunities, strategic programs to enhance productivity, process redesign, and financial reporting & analysis.
• Assist with co-authoring highly visible and strategic business reporting to senior management.
• Use data systems such as Salesforce, SQL, and Tableau to identify insights and surface to management.

A day in the life
This role will involve generating accurate and timely financial reporting, deep dive analysis to identify trends and insights, and providing sound financial advice to help run the business.In addition, the successful candidate will take on finance ownership of EU-wide projects that help shape the next phase of growth for the EU Ads org.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS– Bachelor’s degree in engineering, statistics or business, or a Bachelor’s degree and experience in quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance)
– Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
– Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
– Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field
– Experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes
– Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligencePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– Knowledge of TableauAmazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sun, 22 Dec 2024 05:49:11 GMT

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